Journal section OVERSEAS EXPERIENCE
Confessional structure of the prison population of the UK
The article showcased contemporary and historical features of the confessional composition of prisoners in prisons in England and Wales. Changes of religious structure of the prison population are considered from 1975 to 2012-2013.
Keywords: prisons in England and Wales; prison population; statistics; religion; minority ethnic group.
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Associate Professor of the Chair of Philosophy and History
of the Vologda Institute of Law and Economics of the Federal Penal Service of
Russia, Ph.D. in History, Associate Professor
, e-mail ztv73@mail.ru
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